On call
You too can have one of the first personal PhonePages, though it won't be much use until third generation (3G) phone systems arrive. The idea is that when someone calls you, your PhonePage will be sent to their mobile. PhonePages can also be viewed on the web at www.my.no, but you have to know someone's mobile phone number to look them up. The company's site is at www.thephonepages.com.
Film fun
The end of the year always brings lots of new movies and websites. Two of the best are for 102 Dalmatians and The 6th Day with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Less successful are How the Grinch Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey and Unbreakable, Bruce Willis's ordeal at sea movie. The Charlie's Angels site is no better than you would expect.
Anyday soon
Palm Inc has bought Anyday.com, my favourite web-based personal information manager, and plans to move us to www.palm.net. You don't need a Palm to use the service: it synchronises with Palm OS systems, Palm Desktop for Windows, Windows CE (but not PocketPC), Outlook 97, 98 and 2000, Lotus Notes, Lotus Organizer and others.
On live
The three tenors (Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti) make their webcast debut on Sunday with a Christmas concert from Vienna (see www.onlineclassics.com). The programme includes White Christmas, Jingle Bells and Amazing Grace. Black music site Darkerthanblue.com will be webcasting film of Craig David's current tour from December 5. See darkerthanblue.
On radio
The XY Network, which is still in pre-launch mode, is hosting the whole syndicated two-hour Gilles Peterson Worldwide show. Go to www.xy.fm and select XY Music (Wap phone owners can also try www.xy.fm). The former Kiss FM DJ is more tuneful than the anti-liberal Rush Limbaugh, whose site at www.rushlimbaugh.com is already the most highly ranked broadcast site on the web. Well, he has 15 hours a week on 600 American radio stations to plug it.
Look down
Multimap.com has added a compelling new feature: aerial photographs. The images cover Greater London and major UK cities and counties. Some foreign cities - such as Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels and Tokyo - will be available soon. The photos at multimap.com are provided by Cities Revealed.
Upstarting?
The UpStarts Awards have been launched to offer £50,000 to help three "social entrepreneurs" start their projects. Entries may be posted on the website at www.upstarts.org.uk until May. The judges include Labour MPs Paul Boateng and David Willetts.
The tops
TopTenBuys, a site that lists the top 10 products in a wide range of categories, has just gone live: www.toptenbuys.co.uk delivers very brief but "up-to-date, unbiased, rated reviews of the most popular consumer products and services available both on and offline in the UK". Products range from hand-made sausages to African safaris, and can be ranked by a range of criteria. The site will be even more interesting once visitors have added their comments. A Wap site can be found at www.toptenbuys.co.uk/index.wml
New noted
• Trace, the writers' workshop, is holding a competi tion for Christmas card pages, but entries close on December 6. See http://trace. ntu.ac.uk/christmas.htm
• BeeBeep is offering a local shopping/delivery service at www.BeeBeep.com, but so far it works in only London SW11.
• Art is for sale at www.ThatArtSite.net
• A US-based book co-op is offering used books at www.TomFolio.com
• Steve, a homeless man with a notebook PC, is online at www.hungryandhomeless.co.uk
• For Hats of Meat, see www.hatsofmeat.com
